by HagePhoto
Picture this: you’ve been on the go before sunrise, navigated over three mountain passes and boulder hopped 2 of the 20 miles. The sun set 10 minutes ago and you are still searching for a campsite. You unload your pack and start the stove. Water is boiling before you finish setting up the tent. You […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Backpacking, Equipment, Mountain, Technique
by HagePhoto
Q: What’s 6.5-inches tall, 2.5-inches in diameter, comes in an assortment of colors, and will keep you warm and hydrated? A: The 16-ounce Wide-Mouth Nalgene bottle of course. The crisp, cold nights of autumn are back and so is our love for these small bottles. We often use these ‘Mini Nalgenes’ instead of your standard thermo […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Alaska, Backpacking, Equipment, Mountain, Technique, Winter
by HagePhoto
One of our first big jobs when were getting started was a four-day commercial shoot for the high-end lighting company SureFire. They make arguably the worlds best LED flashlights used by police and military around the world. At that time they wanted to enter the outdoor recreation market and were producing advertising just for that. […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Adventure, Photography, Technique
by HagePhoto
This operation is coffee fueled. You might as well ditch all the CF cards if you’re going to forget the morning brew. A camera is a second tier item on the packing list. Fresh ground beans and the means to deliver their goodness is the top line item. Since most of our assignments have us […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Backpacking, Technique
by HagePhoto
We’ve utilized much fancier GPS units over the years, but we keep going back to the Garmin Foretrex series. These wrist mounted units seem to be the perfect size for us; large enough LCD to see basic navigation and weighing three ounces with the two AAA batteries. The 201’s performed pretty well, but the current 401’s […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Backpacking, Mountain, Technique
by HagePhoto
Earlier this winter we photographed Greenlandic kayak champion Maligiaq Padilla for Canoe & Kayak Magazine. Padilla had recently moved to Kotzebue Alaska with his wife and was doing a stint in Anchorage. We’re stoked to have him; Padilla’s skill on the ocean in a kayak is legendary. He’s an eight-time champion of the Greenland National Kayaking Championships, a […]
Categories: People • Tags: Photography, Portrait, Technique
by HagePhoto
Dusk is probably our favorite time to shoot. That hour after sunset is full of possibilities, creatively and technically. Soft shadows, rich colors, the opportunity for drama and tension never fail to inspire. One of our projects while on the road last fall was to photograph a new line of headlamps for client Black Diamond. […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Equipment, Photography Business, Promotional, Southwest, Technique
by HagePhoto
On a recent backpacking trip we found out that we’re ‘pole people’. And even more surprising is that there are ‘non-pole people’. Pondering that on a 5,000-ft rocky descent into the Grand Canyon, those folks must have knees of steel! We’ve been big fans of using poles for a while. Such a simple tool saves […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Adventure, Mountain, Technique
by HagePhoto
This month HagePhoto is the cover feature for the fall issue of PDNedu. The article talks about how we got started in the photography business and a bit about how we operate on remote assignments around the world. Published quarterly by parent magazine Photo District News, the education journal is targeted to photography students and […]
Categories: Photography Business • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain, People, Photography, Technique, Travel
by HagePhoto
It was a few years ago, on our first trip to Patagonia that we put the remote camera set-up to the test. We were spending a week on the classic trail around the magnificent Torres del Paine, photographing a new line of backpacks, tents, and trekking poles for client Black Diamond. It was just us […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Equipment, Technique